Paul Lorenz

Paul Lorenz Partner for lighting fixtures and metalwork in: • New Creation • Reconstruction • Restoration

19/04/2026

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⚜️ You are looking for lighting that does not exist in any catalogue?
Then you are in the right place!

We do not see lighting as a product, but as part of architecture. As an object in space that reflects ideas, carries a signature, shapes the environment, and creates atmosphere. Every piece begins with an idea. Your idea. Developed for a specific place, defined by proportion, material, and context.

For over 100 years, we have worked at this intersection. Between craftsmanship, construction, and ideas. Between past and present. What we create are not series, but carefully made unique pieces, like wall lights, lanterns, candelabras and chandeliers.

At the same time, we focus on the restoration and reconstruction of historic lighting. With the aim to preserve original substance and to bring lost objects back to life. Not as copies, but as a clear and respectful continuation.

⚜️ In the end, it is not only about light.
⚜️ It is about an object that lasts for generations.

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01/04/2026

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🏰 Schloss Waldenburg – vier versilberte Historismus-Kronleuchter in umfassender Restaurierung.

Über 5.000 Glaselemente prägen das Erscheinungsbild dieser Leuchter. Jede einzelne Verbindung wurde gelöst, sämtliche Behänge demontiert, gereinigt und, wo erforderlich, ergänzt.

Im nächsten Schritt erfolgt die Neuordnung der Behänge sowie die präzise Rückführung in die ursprüngliche Geometrie. Ziel ist die Wiederherstellung der konstruktiven und gestalterischen Klarheit.

Auch die metallischen Oberflächen werden bearbeitet. Dabei steht nicht die Überarbeitung im Vordergrund, sondern eine substanzschonende Behandlung unter Erhalt der gewachsenen historischen Spuren.

Ein neues Projekt beginnt - mit dem Anspruch, Struktur, Wirkung und Geschichte wieder in Einklang zu bringen.

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🏰 Waldenburg Castle - four silver-plated Historicist chandeliers undergoing comprehensive restoration.

More than 5,000 glass elements define the appearance of these fixtures. Every single connection has been released, all glass hangings dismantled, cleaned, and, where necessary, supplemented.

The next step involves reordering the glass elements and precisely restoring the original geometry. The objective is to recover both structural integrity and visual clarity.

The metal surfaces are also being treated. The focus is not on over-restoration, but on a conservation-oriented approach that preserves the historical traces.

A new project begins - with the aim of bringing structure, appearance, and history back into alignment.

[🇺🇸 English below]🏰 Willkommen im Schloss Moritzburg zum Monitoring.Was sich als Pracht zeigt, ist in Wahrheit ein mater...
31/03/2026

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🏰 Willkommen im Schloss Moritzburg zum Monitoring.

Was sich als Pracht zeigt, ist in Wahrheit ein material- und nutzungsbedingtes System im Wandel. Monitoring dient dazu, diesen Bestand langfristig zu sichern.

Historische Objekte sind gewachsene materielle Zeugnisse. Jede Spur ist aussagekräftig, aber nicht jede Veränderung ist unkritisch.

🔍 Unser Auftrag: genau hinsehen.

Im Schloss Moritzburg wurden über 200 metallene Objekte systematisch untersucht. Im Fokus stehen Materialität, historische Substanz und deren Stabilität.

Zentrale Fragen:
Welche Patina ist erhaltenswert?
Wo liegt substanzgefährdende Korrosion vor?
Und wo besteht Handlungsbedarf?

Der Vorteil: Früherkennung.
Gezielte, minimalinvasive Maßnahmen sichern Substanz und reduzieren Kosten.
Monitoring ist damit keine Zusatzleistung, sondern Grundlage nachhaltiger Denkmalpflege.

🛠️ Gleichzeitig werden oft verborgene Spuren sichtbar - und damit neue Einblicke in die Objektgeschichte.

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🏰 Welcome to Moritzburg Castle – Monitoring in practice.

What appears as splendor is, in reality, a system in continuous change. Monitoring ensures its long-term preservation.

Historic objects are material witnesses. Every trace matters – but not every change is harmless.

🔍 Our task: to look closely

At Moritzburg Castle, over 200 metal objects were assessed, focusing on material integrity and historical substance.

Key questions:
What patina should be preserved?
Where does corrosion threaten the material?
And where is intervention required?

The advantage: early detection.
Minimal intervention, lower costs, maximum preservation.

Monitoring is not optional – it is essential for sustainable conservation.

🛠️ It also reveals hidden traces, offering new insights into the object’s history.

⚜️ A Royal Wedding Light | Restored»Lanternes: Grandes à 6 flambeaux«The year is 1799. Two magnificent lanterns are crea...
23/03/2026

⚜️ A Royal Wedding Light | Restored
»Lanternes: Grandes à 6 flambeaux«

The year is 1799. Two magnificent lanterns are created for a special occasion: the marriage of the Tsar’s daughter Helena Pavlovna Romanova to the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg. In 1800, the couple moved into the west wing of Ludwigslust Palace and these lanterns moved with them. From that time onward, written records begin to mention these remarkable lighting fixtures. Comparable examples can still be found today in Pavlovsk Palace near St. Petersburg.

But time leaves its marks. For decades the lanterns remained unused and largely unnoticed. The fire gilding was covered with black crusts, while the delicate floral paintings on silver leaf had become almost unreadable beneath a heavily darkened varnish. Deformations, losses of material and numerous broken glass elements defined their condition.

The pictures shows what becomes possible when restoration and craftsmanship come together. Deformed components were carefully reshaped, black encrustations reduced, and the darkened varnish removed using previously tested solvent mixtures. Missing elements were reconstructed, newly gilded, and reintegrated into the historic structure.

🛠️ Even the historic glass shapes were reproduced for the second lantern, including the missing glass elements. What once appeared as a severely damaged object has thus regained its presence as a testimony to courtly culture, allowing a piece of history to become visible and tangible once again.

15/03/2026

⚜️ A Royal Wedding Light | Restored
»Lanternes: Grandes à 6 flambeaux«

The year is 1799. Two magnificent lanterns are created for a special occasion: the marriage of the Tsar’s daughter Helena Pavlovna Romanova to the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Mecklenburg. In 1800, the couple moved into the west wing of Ludwigslust Palace and these lanterns moved with them. From that time onward, written records begin to mention these remarkable lighting fixtures. Comparable examples can still be found today in Pavlovsk Palace near St. Petersburg.

But time leaves its marks. For decades the lanterns remained unused and largely unnoticed. The fire gilding was covered with black crusts, while the delicate floral paintings on silver leaf had become almost unreadable beneath a heavily darkened varnish. Deformations, losses of material and numerous broken glass elements defined their condition.

The clip shows what becomes possible when restoration and craftsmanship come together. Deformed components were carefully reshaped, black encrustations reduced, and the darkened varnish removed using previously tested solvent mixtures. Missing elements were reconstructed, newly gilded, and reintegrated into the historic structure.

🛠️ Even the historic glass shapes were recorded and reproduced for the second lantern, including the missing hand-cut glass elements. What once appeared as a severely damaged object has thus regained its presence as a testimony to courtly culture, allowing a piece of history to become visible and tangible once again.

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02/03/2026

⚒️ We present a metal fabricator and conservator: Toni

Toni stands for a precise understanding of material, structure and context. Trained in traditional metal craftsmanship and academically grounded in conservation, he approaches every project analytically.
What is the substance? What is the history? What is the structural logic? Only then comes intervention.

He treats each commission as responsibility, not routine. When confronted with complex constructions or historically sensitive lighting objects, he works from principle, not habit. If a solution does not exist, he develops one. Every step is documented, technically reasoned and reversible where required.

His focus lies in the restoration and fabrication of sophisticated bespoke lighting fixtures, particularly within heritage contexts. He moves confidently between reconstruction and new fabrication, understanding historical grammar while executing with contemporary precision.

For him, craftsmanship is value creation.
It is sustainability.
It is cultural responsibility.
It is future.

✨ AT NIGHT. | AT DAY.BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND BRILLIANCE.This object comes from the Theatre in Plauen. Not a new constructi...
27/02/2026

✨ AT NIGHT. | AT DAY.
BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND BRILLIANCE.

This object comes from the Theatre in Plauen. Not a new construction, but a complete restoration. And that is precisely what makes it interesting.
Every single glass element was carefully dismantled, cleaned and refitted.
Connections were renewed. Curved and flat acrylic panels were polished. The entire electrical system was modernized. Surfaces were refinished.

What remains is more than a luminaire. It is a rediscovered idea: edge-lit geometry. An interplay of surface, glass structure and light. A precise balance between construction and brilliance.
And this is where the real thought begins: objects like this can do more than be preserved. They can be further developed.
Based on this design language, we create and manufacture bespoke lighting - tailored in proportion, surface, materiality and lighting concept.

For us, restoration is more than a look back. It is a source of ideas for historic and contemporary solutions.

🛠️ Curious?
A lighting concept like this for your project, as a reconstruction or a contemporary reinterpretation?

21/02/2026

⚒️ We present a true metal fabricator and conservator: Henryk.

Henryk has been an essential part of our workshop since 2006. Trained in traditional metal craftsmanship, he approaches even the most intricate challenges with technical precision and practical intelligence. For the most demanding tasks, he not only finds solutions - if necessary, he designs and builds the required tools himself, again and again.

Every object carries his signature, even when working on reconstructions of Henry van de Velde lighting, where a carefully executed lacquer finish recreates the historic patina.

His particular strength lies in the restoration and fabrication of complex lighting objects, as well as in the reconstruction of a wide range of historical styles - from Historicism and Art Nouveau to Art Deco and contemporary lighting concepts.

⚜️ A chandelier out of shape.🏰 Located in the Throne Hall of Ehrenburg PalaceA beauty crafted in 1815 in Paris with rich...
19/02/2026

⚜️ A chandelier out of shape.
🏰 Located in the Throne Hall of Ehrenburg Palace

A beauty crafted in 1815 in Paris with richly detailed brass, countless glass chains and of course fire gilded - a surface that still carries its historic glow.

But there is a problem. The chandelier has completely lost its form.
All 2,800 chain connections between the glass elements must be opened. The entire glass decoration has to be dismantled. Every single glass chain. Every element. Only then does the real work begin.

Together with the supervising conservator, each chain is carefully reshaped. Reference chains are recreated. Every glass element is sorted again so the chandelier can return to the form it was originally intended to have.

This is not a task for a single day.
It's a process that takes weeks.
🛠️ Each individual connection is wired by hand.

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15/02/2026

⚜️ Bespoke Lighting for palaces and villas is not a thing of the past. It is still possible - when it is created by the right hands.
What we require is not a catalogue number, but a vision. An idea. A statement.

For the private summer residence in Coburg, we developed and crafted a complete ensemble of bespoke lighting: wall lamps, candelabras, and chandeliers - each piece individually conceived, designed and executed.
It began with a thought. A sketch. A conversation. From that moment, the vision was translated into material, proportion and light.

True craftsmanship does more than produce objects. It creates atmosphere, identity and presence. It gives architecture its final voice.

🛠️ If you value individuality over repetition and substance over trends, we would be pleased to realize your vision.

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Chemnitz

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